| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: the crimes with which you taunt me. I will at least endeavour to
deserve forgiveness, for I am here, with my sword in my hand,
willing to spend the best blood of my body to make amends for my
error; and mortal man can do no more."
"Well, my lord," said Sir Duncan, "I shall be sorry to carry back
this language to the Marquis of Argyle. I had it in farther
charge from the Marquis, that, to prevent the bloody feuds which
must necessarily follow a Highland war, his lordship will be
contented if terms of truce could be arranged to the north of the
Highland line, as there is ground enough in Scotland to fight
upon, without neighbours destroying each other's families and
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Golden Sayings of Epictetus by Epictetus: power of any other than himself? What witness dost thou bear to
God?"
"I am in evil state, Master, I am undone! None careth for
me, none giveth me aught: all men blame, all speak evil of me."
Is this the witness thou wilt bear, and do dishonour to the
calling wherewith He hath called thee, because He hath done thee
so great honour, and deemed thee worthy of being summoned to bear
witness in so great a cause?
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Wouldst thou have men speak good of thee? speak good of
them. And when thou hast learned to speak good of them, try to do
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling: Introduction
Once upon a time, Dan and Una, brother and sister, living in the
English country, had the good fortune to meet with Puck, alias
Robin Goodfellow, alias Nick o' Lincoln, alias Lob-lie-by-the-
Fire, the last survivor in England of those whom mortals call
Fairies. Their proper name, of course, is 'The People of the Hills'.
This Puck, by means of the magic of Oak, Ash, and Thorn, gave
the children power
To see what they should see and hear what they should hear,
Though it should have happened three thousand year.
The result was that from time to time, and in different places on
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